Giggling at Travel Tech - April Fool roundup

So April 1 is the day when the media and other companies around the world finally don their creative hats and throw caution to the wind with tales of the outlandish, and more.

Here is a selection of offerings from the travel tech world and other related nonsense:

• WestJet offers hands-free Clapper technology [StuckAtTheAirport]
• Expedia Canada launches virtual vacations [Expedia]
• Google changes its name to Topeka [Official Google Blog]
• TripAdvisor has first reviews sent from space [TripAdvisor]
• World's first free, ad-funded airline Publicitair takes off [Publicitair]
• Hotels.com launches luxury floating rooms to accommodate World Cup Fans [TravelMagazine.net]
• Countdown starts for budget space tourism lift off on Skyscanner site [Skyscanner]
• Google to go nuclear [Techcrunch]
• Travelocity takes spin on Chatroulette [AdWeek]
• Google launches Translate for Animals [Google UK]
• Amadeus announces abolition of GDS segment overrides and more [T2Impact]
• So..... I got married! [EverythingEverywhere]
• DealBase debuts exclusive hotel deal on the Isle of Catan [Dealbase]
• Ryanair to install on-board vending machines [Ryanair]
• Dohop offers free airline tickets [Dohop]
• Mr & Mrs Smith announce HomeSmith: the ultimate DIY boutique hotel suite [Mr & Mrs Smith]
• HM Queen flies on EasyJet [EasyJet]

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And finally:

• Sordid tales of power and corruption plague Tnooz editor Kevin May [RockCheetah]

[Editor's note: you'll be hearing from our lawyers, Mr Cole :) ]

Updating as they come in...